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Muenchensteinerstrasse 38
Basel
4002
Switzerland
HEALTH CATEGORIES
Lonza is one of the world’s leading and most-trusted suppliers to the pharmaceutical, biotech and specialty ingredients markets. As an integrated solutions provider, Lonza is boosting its value creation along and beyond the healthcare continuum with a strong focus on patient healthcare, consumer preventive healthcare and consumer's healthy environment.
Lonza harnesses science and technology to create products that support safer and healthier living and that enhance the overall quality of life. With the recent Capsugel acquisition, Lonza now offers products and services from the custom development and manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients to innovative dosage forms for the pharma and consumer health and nutrition industries.
Benefiting from its regulatory expertise, Lonza is able to transfer its know-how from pharma to hygiene and fast-moving consumer goods all the way to coatings and composites and the preservation and protection of agricultural goods and other natural resources.
Founded in 1897 in the Swiss Alps, Lonza today is a well-respected global company with more than 100 sites and offices and approximately 14,500 full-time employees worldwide. The company generated sales of CHF 5.1 billion in 2017 with a CORE EBITDA of CHF 1.3 billion. Further information can be found at www.lonza.com.
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Lonza Group Ltd has its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. It has a secondary listing on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”). Lonza Group Ltd is not subject to the SGX-ST’s continuing listing requirements but remains subject to Rules 217 and 751 of the SGX-ST Listing Manual.
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NUTRITION & HEALTH NEWS
19 Sep 2019 --- Lonza’s personal care division is launching a new topical ingredient that promotes the appearance of youthful skin and an even skin tone by protecting against damage caused by... Read More
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17 Sep 2019 --- Due to a number of saw palmetto extract adulterations being detected in botanical supplements in the US, there has been a rising need to detect fraudulent components and guarantee... Read More
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04 Sep 2019 --- Fig extract containing standardized plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) could be used as a supplement to maintain healthy blood sugar levels or as an adjunctive treatment for chronic... Read More
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02 Sep 2019 --- Red wine drinkers have an increased gut microbiota diversity and lower levels of obesity and “bad” cholesterol, according to a study from King’s College London,... Read More
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30 Aug 2019 --- Chr. Hansen is giving its Danish campus a modern and “future-proof” makeover in response to the increasing demand for natural and sustainable products. This will help... Read More
14 May 2019 --- At Vitafoods Europe 2019, Lonza launched its new Vcaps Plus White Opal capsule in a bid to address the growing demand for opaque capsules that do not include titanium dioxide. NutritionInsight spoke with Dominik Mattern, Associate Director Business Development, Head of Business Development, Lonza, about the new launch as well as the company's clean label platform.
25 Apr 2019 --- At In-cosmetics Global 2019 in Paris, Lonza exhibited a number of concepts, including SYNETH, a series of polyglycerol esters. Each fiber offers a unique and innovative texture and aesthetic for the personal, intimate, body and oral care spaces. Jennifer Clancy notes that Lonza is offering turn-key solutions in personal care and beauty and providing consumers with a fully holistic view of health and wellness.
11 Feb 2019 --- Lonza recently revealed the global launch of its latest dosage form innovation: Capsugel Vcaps Plus plant-based capsules. The first of the next-generation clean label solutions to be marketed worldwide is the Vcaps Plus Purple Carrot capsule, following the successful introduction of the Vcaps Plus Blue Spirulina capsule in Europe earlier this year. The high-performance capsule shell is made using plant-based hypromellose (HPMC) and water only, without any preservatives. A colorant derived from purple carrots is used to match the desired shade as closely as possible, while maintaining a natural appearance in the finished supplement. Achieving unique visual appeal, the purple carrot color also provides masking capabilities.
17 Jan 2019 --- Stephane Vouche, of Lonza Capsugel, spoke to NutritionInsight at Health Ingredients Europe (HiE) in 2018 on innovating in ready-to-market formulations. Vouche shared that Lonza was presenting new formulations at the show. One particular innovation included a combination capsule with Lonza's UCT-II ingredient for joint health with curcumin. This combination creates a powerful one-pill solution, meaning consumers do not need to take multiple pills, Vouche said.
22 May 2018 --- Lonza Consumer Health & Nutrition brought innovation through form and function for its latest ingredients, delivery systems and finished product formulations for the nutraceuticals industry to Vitafoods Europe 2018. Visitors could see how innovative ingredients can be combined with cutting-edge dosage forms from the legacy Capsugel business, including DUOCAP capsule-in-capsules and Lipid Multi Particulate (LMP) technology, to create market-ready products positioned on a healthy aging, probiotics or active & sports nutrition platform, among others. In addition, the company highlighted its blue algae Vcaps Plus Spirulina capsule, the next generation of vegetarian food colored capsules, designed to support the development of true clean label solutions.
The aging consumer has growing expectations of bone and joint health solutions, thanks to the mainstreaming of sports nutrition and a growing focus on active aging. According to Innova... Read More
Products featuring bone & joint health claims are on the rise, with Innova Market Insights data showing a compound annual growth rate of 13 percent between 2013 and... Read More
